Sarah McLachlan - Possession

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Lyrics:
Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide
voices trapped in yearning, memories trapped in time
the night is my companion, and solitude my guide
would I spend forever here and not be satisfied?
and I would be the one
to hold you down
kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
and after, I'd wipe away the tears
just close your eyes dear
Through this world I've stumbled
so many times betrayed
trying to find an honest word to find
the truth enslaved
oh you speak to me in riddles
and you speak to me in rhymes
my body aches to breathe your breath
your words keep me alive

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@cailinstone9537 2 года назад

The 14 year old in me was never the same after this album was released. I'm 42 now and this song still hits me hard.

@yoashuain1 2 года назад

Holy Cow, me too! I'll be 42 this year, and I still think she is one of the sexiest women alive! 😋

@laurabirli 2 года назад

💗💗💖💕💛

@GunStreetGirl77 2 года назад

Same, friend! 42 sure got her quick ! Lol

@TreyIM22 2 года назад

I don't know the album but I DAMN sure know this song...and I'm 48. Still an all time great wong. Tears are rolling right now as I hear it, even tho the song has been in my phones for the longest. lol. I just decided to take a trip down video menory lane.

@austinfrazier7325 2 года назад

Damn I miss 94 and the whole 90s actually.

@danielwaldron2635 6 лет назад

The harmonizing "Ill take your breath away" is hauntingly beautiful.

@GeauxRight777 Год назад

Yes!

@ycoz5814 Год назад

Yes! I remember that line and the melody. It used to break my heart.

@janeentumbao8690 Год назад

Considering she's an Aquarius, an air sign, that says alot more than people may realize.

@julianaalcantara3595 Год назад

Esse aqui agora

@smartstuf1026 Год назад

It’s so beautiful yet it was based on a stalkers letter which is unnerving

@robertbretta2461 3 года назад

A masterpiece. Even after 5000 times.

@duncan3998 3 года назад

This and Estranged are the masterpieces of 1993 💖

@monanae1976 10 месяцев назад

You mean 50000000000000000000

@eddieayyash2314 3 месяца назад

Mer too ⁰2000 times

@duncan3998 2 месяца назад

Since 1993

@ericthiel4053 2 года назад

The fact she used her stalkers words and wrote an absolutely hit song with it is just pure genius.... One of the best the 90s had to offer for sure. God I miss those years. It's a vibe you had to Feel to even begin to understand...... No words.

@matthewscott5450 Год назад

I miss the 90s but they are a hallucination that became reality. It's all maya an illusion. Oh well whatever. Nevermind.

@rileydd08 Год назад

@@matthewscott5450 what?

@markliano6518 Год назад

Maya is Sanskrit for illusion. Possession of another being is nothing but the great illusion of Maya, fueled by the obsessive desire of control that can be found in energetic forces of the Vedic mythic Rahu (demon or asura).

@TUSK1157 Год назад

Actually, she didn't use their words. One of them tried to sue her because the song was inspired by the letters she received from more than one stalker. It didn't turn out too well for him, he committed suicide.

@matthewscott5450 Год назад

@@TUSK1157 then apparently the stalker got possessed. Karma is a bitch

@user-hx1mk3zg1s Год назад

Sarah McLachlan has such a beautiful voice that she makes a "stalker song " into a Grammy award winning record ! 🎤🎧😎🖤

@neinlives9424 8 месяцев назад

women fantasize about it all the time so there ya go

@JoeyMisanthropy 2 месяца назад

@@neinlives9424they fantasize about bears because of dudes like you

@neinlives9424 2 месяца назад

@@JoeyMisanthropy bears? big brown unemployed dangerous people who dont stick around to raise their kids? Racist.

@OrbitOnceAround 7 лет назад

The instrumentals for this song is so mystical and enchanting. Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow and the female artists during the 90s didn't make music, they created magic

@poppaluv 2 года назад

And compare it to what shit is on the radio today.

@user-or1ye3iz6d 2 года назад

I add Shirley Manson (from "Garbage") to that great list. ❤️

@E.C.2 2 года назад

Elizabeth Fraser.

@pipertarver1852 2 года назад

@@user-or1ye3iz6d Dolores from the Cranberries

@poisionous2815 2 года назад

u forgot...... delores... and alanis....

@robertmounsey4682 4 года назад

What a dichotomy having such dark material sung by the voice of an angel

@jenniferspecht8534 Месяц назад

This whole album meant everything to my 24 year old self when it came out.

@johnl5684 21 день назад

I can say the same as a 25 year old. So crazy, so long ago. Memories.

@Elidoransgar 4 года назад

I mean, she can sing, eh? I love how she took her stalker's words and turned them back on him. She refused to be bullied. She's made of stronger stuff than that. Haunting song by an incredible singer.

@homelesshannah50 4 года назад

I knew there was something off about a WOMAN saying they would "hold someone down and kiss them so hard" then "wipe away the tears". That was weird to me now I know why

@sirbandit170 2 года назад

Oh yeah. So effective that her stalker took his life after he heard the song.

@tonyastrieunoski6888 2 года назад

Wow! I had no idea. Crazy

@patrickstivers7387 2 года назад

@@sirbandit170 After he tried to sue her for an insane copyright infringement claim.

@mikesgirl1988 2 года назад

She is a bad ass

@AGP187 Год назад

I feel bad for the younger folks that think she's just the sad dog lady.

@clarecampbell4481 2 месяца назад

Damn skippy!! 😂

@Preppy-pink98 2 месяца назад

Lol

@origamifred 2 месяца назад

She could be the "sad keyboard player lady" as the song Angel was written about the death by heroin overdose of Smashing Pumpkins keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin.

@user-ph6xp8bc9b 2 месяца назад

😂 That was super hilarious!

@tiffanylakes3409 Месяц назад

Omg ur comment is everything 😂😂

@julieann4616 Месяц назад

Just saw her in concert, everyone stood up for this. ❤

@JamieKarek 15 дней назад

me too! I saw her at Red Rocks and it was epic!

@julieann4616 15 дней назад

@@JamieKarek wasn’t she absolutely spectacular??

@JamieKarek 15 дней назад

@@julieann4616 words can't begin to describe it. And her voice is still incredible.

@elhache7160 Год назад

Absolutely one of the top music icons of the 1990s. There were soo many great female vocalists in that decade who were "surfacing" . Sarah is definitely one of the most memorable. Simply stunning 🎶

@jasonpeters3558 5 лет назад

Fall of 94, was 17 years old. 1994. Everything was beautiful

@Inannarising 4 года назад

Jason Peter's Truly🥰

@MBailey1977 4 года назад

Me2, 95 graduate

@TheRogueX 4 года назад

96 grad here, the 1990s felt so alive and amazing. Maybe it's just nostalgia?

@mervinrobateau5128 4 года назад

Yes. I was so full of hope and potential back then.

@thomaskemer8109 4 года назад

I was 27, bought a house,had parties and watched all night videos on Mtv!

@maxineprice3583 8 лет назад

First heard this beautiful song in Due South many years ago. It made such an impression it never ever left me. It took me ages to find out who did it. What an artist. What talent. Her songs are stunning!

@elladeon Год назад

She had several songs in several different episodes of season 1.

@georgemaynard7604 5 лет назад

"I won't be denied" Wow what a voice. Very talented lady.

@MichaelErnest666 5 месяцев назад

My Favorite Part Of The Song 🤫

@baddfingerz 2 года назад

Her voice is angelic, her words go right to my soul.

@edithguzman7277 2 года назад

Awww, thank you! Sorry, I was told in high school that my voice sounded like hers and since then I have been singing her songs! Lol

@baddfingerz 2 года назад

@@edithguzman7277 ???

@DarcyHeartsElvis 5 лет назад

One her BEST songs ever!! Bring music like this back.🎶❤

@MaxOakland 4 месяца назад

I am

@cfjermedal 4 года назад

For those of you who couldn’t experience music in the 90’s, I am so sorry. It was the greatest decade ever for music.

@puddles609 4 года назад

now we suffer with artists who refuse to enunciate.

@desireandfire 3 года назад

@@puddles609 shut up debbie? there's still amazing music you need to understand that you're basing your judgmental views on mainstream music, there's ton more amazing music like angel olsen, fka twigs, marina and the diamonds, declan mckenna etc.

@puddles609 3 года назад

@@desireandfire good heavens, someone is triggered. Now listen to your bands and have a better day.

@michaelfarar4232 3 года назад

Hate to argue, but the 70's and 80's BY FAR had the best musicians, No fake drums and synthesized vocals, and best songs. 90's were great tho.

@kennethfreeman581 2 года назад

Nope sorry. That award goes to the 80s.

@crispinjulius5032 2 года назад

God, I miss the 90s.

@VinnyTharian 18 дней назад

Can we please go back to those days?

@michellew3441 10 месяцев назад

A lot of people had this song as their love song or wedding song without knowing why she wrote it. If you know you know. Damn good song

@katekreger5662 8 месяцев назад

I heard the stalker took her to court over her using his words. I think it was just his way to see her more.

@francescakatz2884 7 месяцев назад

Yup,agreed

@jlouis4407 6 месяцев назад

I don’t see a problem with that.

@jeffcarri70 Месяц назад

I know people interpret songs differently, a different meaning for a different person. It’s too bad some people use this as a wedding song. That’s why, if I ever get married, I’m using Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden.

@spiderbabybill Месяц назад

@@jeffcarri70BTO - “Taking Care Of Business”

@shanebailey340 6 лет назад

I truly believe Sarah is one of those rare singers whose voice is so ethereal, it floats. Rarely do I hear a vocal so delicate and fragile; it seems to want to float away and leave this mortal coil, of its own volition. But underneath the delicacy is a tense, steely strength; flinty, determined. The vocals are delicate, but the lyrics and musical underpinning are so...ugly, raw, messy, uncomfortable. This juxtaposition of the delicate with the ugly is what makes the song work. And it's a winner.

@jeffstock79 4 года назад

I'm impressed by your writing style. Captured the artist so perfectly too.

@zoeescobarllamas5001 3 года назад

Wow 😳 I like how you can work the words.

@richieinca 3 года назад

What is it with Canadian female vocalists... Alanis Morissette is another, similar to Sarah, with a similar juxtaposition in her voice.

@xxxgammaxxx 3 года назад

Pinned it 🤍

@xxxgammaxxx 3 года назад

Add that to her physical beauty, there's nowhere this voice can't take you.

@jodysteck322 3 года назад

"Another day of knowing of the path I fear to tread" = the infinite ingenuity of Sarah McLachlan and only Sarah McLachlan

@thomasroach2478 11 месяцев назад

You can't replicate this. THIS is elite.

@mimigabrielli6085 2 месяца назад

I would love a man to say I want to hold you down and kiss you so hard takes your breath away

@davidetienne9404 Месяц назад

Apparently you can replicate this. Sarah stole this song from someone else.

@GTA6VIGameguy Месяц назад

@@davidetienne9404she didn't steal it. You got the letters? You saw what was written or not written? If you don't, then shut the fuck up.

@GTA6VIGameguy Месяц назад

@@davidetienne9404pretty bold claim you're making. Do you have any kind of proof to backup your statement?

@jarethclontz1704 15 дней назад

@@GTA6VIGameguythey don't, the letters Uwe Vandrei wrote hardly had anything to do with the lyrics, he was mentally unwell and took her lyrics to be an interpretation of his letters. Which even if that were true, that's not theft, it's artistic expression. If you read the letters you'll see it's not copied.

@WKADESIGNS 3 года назад

This woman has always been pure magic, I feel like she's casting spells with her voice and her lyrics.

@eddieayyash2314 3 месяца назад

I agree

@ralphkjb 10 лет назад

I bought this cassette single at Walmart for $1.66 exactly 20 years ago today.

@terrykropog1811 6 лет назад

ralphkjb hello,Ralphkjb,so Did I !!!! from terry kropog. in South Louisiana.

@MrKarmapolice97 5 лет назад

I had the whole album on cassette

@skitsmaxn 5 лет назад

ralphkjb lol I bought it in 96 me and my girl friends would drown our fun times to her music

@SUGAR_XYLER 5 лет назад

😂😂 That's all she's worth

@angeliquechemin6330 5 лет назад

ralphkjb mine was from Best Buy

@corystereo 10 лет назад

Forgive me for being garrulous but today when I was walking through Sears, I heard this song for the first time since I listened to Z100 back in the 5th grade (1994). Somehow, I _completely forgot_ this song existed over the past 20 years, but when I heard it again today I stayed in the store until it was over and then I realized that my breathing had slowed the entire time. Obviously, this song had an tremendous impact on the young me (and I was by no means a "soft" 5th grader; being Hispanic, into hardcore music, and from Brooklyn), since hearing it brought me *right back* to my childhood in such a visceral way. It's so chilling, so beautiful, and downright _fascinating_ that a great song like this can do that to a man, even after 20 years.

@lisalashley4954 10 лет назад

This is the beautiful experience of music.

@verushka26 10 лет назад

Corey, you just took me BACK. I spent '94 listening to Z100, usually at night when I was supposed to be sleeping, often recording my fave songs (like this one!) onto mixtapes of randomness. Those mixtapes contain so many feels.

@christinahill8259 10 лет назад

I have always loved this song but forgot about it also. I actually thought about her song Adia and wanted to hear it. I saw this song mentioned as well and was like oh yeahhhh. Good times and good memories. Lol I have also stayed in a store listening to a good song. I don't like when they interrupt it with their in store communications lol.

@sabster79 6 лет назад

I grew up to Z100. Man I wish they'd just play music from our childhood again and not current "music", which even kids of today hate.

@charitym2250 6 лет назад

Ethnicity has nothing to do with appreciating Good Music. Neither does your gender. If it's good...its good. ;-)

@FireQueenTarot Год назад

What I love, is that she took something frightening, and turned it into an eternal hit.. That's talent!! Blessed be 💜

@FreedomofSpeech865 3 года назад

Wrote many a college papers listening to her when MTV actually played music videos. The entire album is golden.

@fopod49 5 лет назад

25 year later, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy remains my favorite album of all time

@shriekinao 4 года назад

Its definitely my favorite one by her.

@dahlia3307 4 года назад

Same.

@danibuckingham5894 4 года назад

You people make me want to cry with your comments about this song, I got my husband to love it

@rogerbussiii 4 года назад

This is up there for me as well... "yourself or somebody like you" is pretty stiff competition imo... bought this cassette and mb20 at the same time.. both are still amazing to me.

@dragonboy718 4 года назад

no doubt! agree

@Threemiles236 9 лет назад

Boy does this take me back. It's dark. It's moody. I sure do miss the 90's

@WebbyWebs 9 лет назад

Absolutely. High five!

@glenplumlee 4 года назад

I miss the 90s so bad myself. I was driving to Boulder in my Buddy's borrowed maroon Cadillac to go skiing with my kids when this song arrived. I bought the CD and listened to it over and over for the whole trip. Particularly remember driving through the corner of New Mexico looking at starry sky. I'm 65 now and still not bored but certainly miss that time in my life. I keep waiting for another tidal wave of life to happen like the 90s.

@theresaw8525 4 года назад

1993 was the worst year of my life! i lost half of my soul. it was robbed from me...

@desireandfire 3 года назад

@@theresaw8525 who took it

@elirien4264 3 года назад

OMG me too

@larrybrown8180 2 года назад

There is something divine and powerful in her presentation. She is like a goddess of unrequited love, a siren of broken hearts which reconstitute and beat anew to her haunting lyrics.

@JamesArlotta-ch7eb 5 месяцев назад

I pray for the innocents’ that lost their lives before they began in Tuam. What if Sarah were one of them? Her God given gift of her ANGELIC VOICE WOULD’VE NEVER BEEN HEARD!

@krystinakreuger3362 8 лет назад

This song reaches the deepest and darkest emotions of the human spirit and brings it to life!!! Love this song ❤️

@krystinakreuger3362 8 лет назад

+RedoranGuard-SkyrimBattles ❤️

@amyseedoff365 8 лет назад

kiss

@mikeejay63 8 лет назад

I love it also, but her version of this on the piano with just her and the piano, awesome.

@britdes9684 7 лет назад

Raven Drake I definitely agree this song reaches in and touches my soul. I've lived a crazy and scary life this song brings me comfort

@v.s.2128 7 лет назад

Raven Drake

@Cathyannette709 9 лет назад

Sarah's best song

@crystalcook7932 6 лет назад

Crystal it’s my fav by far, and she is way underrated.

@user-cn1yn3vq4h 6 лет назад

This is the first song by Sarah I remember hearing on the radio when I was maybe 12

@DougCameraMan 6 лет назад

Hard to disagree with that although she's had so many great songs. My personal favorite is her version of Joni Mitchell's song "River". Check out Sarah's version on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno recorded a few years ago. My favorite.... but Possession is a close 2nd. :)

@kosh9639 5 лет назад

This & building a mystery, are my faves...

@jasonpeters3558 5 лет назад

Crystal one of best songs of THE 90s. (....which basically means OF alltime. )

@JohnOrbit 2 года назад

This song is magic on an album that’s a masterpiece!

@bearclawgirl6866 Год назад

This takes me back to a very specific time in the 90s

@Yumicpcake Год назад

Yep, I bought the CD back then too. One of my faves!!

@librasmith9894 7 лет назад

I had this song on heavy repeat on my CD player back when it was released.

@holdtrue2021 5 лет назад

😉

@melissarose6447 2 года назад

Same

@STAUG2001 Год назад

Me too!

@johnscott1579 Год назад

I still do all of these years later

@duncan3998 2 месяца назад

1993

@jzuffoletto 4 года назад

Probably my favorite song from the 1990's, and one of my top 5 favorite albums of that era. When it first came out I used to listen to it over and over while pulling all-nighters at my software company.

@aidenoliver7357 3 года назад

I'm 35 now but when I used to play Sarah on repeat. Songs like, Adia, Angel, Building a mystery etc. I did this when I was 11 - 15, while playing the Sims, she's so talented and even an 11 year male knew it TY SARAH ##good times

@duncan3998 3 года назад

Adele was not around when you were 11

@rellman85 2 года назад

So many of these great 90s songs felt so mystical and New Age-y, especially the ones sung by women. Anyone else make that association?

@sunoftheyek8261 5 месяцев назад

Yep

@JoeyMisanthropy 2 месяца назад

There were men who also did it, but fewer of them, and all of them amazing.

@a.johnson1860 2 месяца назад

People forget that the 90s was a very spiritual time; remember the global obsession with angels???

@CherryDreamer96 Месяц назад

@@JoeyMisanthropy Can you please give me some songs from male artists with this vibe? I want to make a playlist 🤍

@CherryDreamer96 Месяц назад

Definitely. 💙

@Jen848 10 месяцев назад

Still this my favorite song to this day. When I deployed to Turkey and lived in a tent for 6 months in 1998, I played this album every night as I went to sleep.

@georgemelvin880 8 месяцев назад

Smiles, hi Jen 🌺😊

@doyleperkins4916 4 года назад

The 1990s at it's most brooding, and solemnly beautiful..."TRAPPED IN TIME..."

@sindymace5228 2 года назад

Man I remember when she opened up with this song on the first LF tour.... I rushed the stage through a sea of 30,000 people from the lawn. I had a camera, got a shot, an I'll never forget that moment in time. Thank you

@dd4741 4 года назад

Thank you Due South for bringing Sarah McLachlan into my life. This is probably one of the best songs ever written and performed. Love both this version and the piano one.

@user-to5qw7yh6x 7 месяцев назад

Finally Someone Telling The Truth About Where They First Heard This Song From The TV Series "Due South" from South Louisiana.

@cryonsjr 2 года назад

This song was my introduction to Sarah Mclaughlin back in 1995. My favorite song by Sarah. I played it on repeat for hours.

@fenryld Год назад

September 2022, I'm 41. Still madly in love with this song... Gosh!!!!!

@jerryvelardi5000 2 месяца назад

This whole album musical , lyrical , vocal perfection!

@twinangel7615 2 года назад

This song gives me chills and brings me back so vividly to a place!!

@user-ky8dl4lf7x 11 месяцев назад

I’ve never met you but yet I’m here and there with you in that magical place 😊😊

@racheldoesacrylic4089 7 месяцев назад

fell in love with a man who broke my heart this song reminds me of a time when i had my last dance at youth, now the days are cold and i smile and a tear falls hearing this x

@sbauroth 8 лет назад

What ever happened to good, emotion filled, music like this?

@Twistedpeppermint99 6 лет назад

Adele, Celine Dion and Ed Sheeran are all we have nowadays..sad.

@desireandfire 3 года назад

@@Twistedpeppermint99 they're the only mainstream we have .. there are so many more singers you just like to focus on mainstream and judge this generation

@desireandfire 3 года назад

angel olsen fka twigs lana del rey fiona apple taylor swift marina and the diamonds ? adele there's many amazing musicians still out there

@duncan3998 3 года назад

It died out.

@jonathandevore3103 3 года назад

@@desireandfire Holy shit take taylor swift out of there now!

@leiawoods8816 9 лет назад

I love this song! I know she said it was a combination of creepy fan mail that created the song but Sarah turned it into something beautiful and artistic.

@RaeZoladawn777 6 лет назад

she turned it into Sanity and forgiveness that s amazing song ...but yes gave it an artistic insight that is Angelic and kind

@robertd.7060 Год назад

a SONG that cutes right through your SOUL ! A pain that tears part of your soul away forever . l

@francem3312 7 месяцев назад

I just love this bassline.

@andrewpmale 7 лет назад

This video is directly flawlessly and exemplifies everything that was cool about the medium in its 90s peak: cinema level production quality juxtaposed with distorted footage...plus a cohesive, tight band fronted by a confident, empowered, classy and talented young woman. I grew up in the 90s dreaming of being a music video director and this is one of the rare videos where I wouldn't have changed a single frame myself if I could have. A beautiful piece of work.

@AshleyPomeroy Год назад

It's from an age when they had the money for physical sets, a crane, actual lighting, a crew etc, a budget, but there was enough creative leeway to use Super-8 and deliberately mess with the film stock. And they were willing to spend that money on someone who wasn't an obvious commercial blockbuster.

@ecoRfan Год назад

This is maybe the most 90s video ever made no joke

@julianecartaino815 5 лет назад

The first time I heard this-Summer of '94-It was the most amazing song I had ever heard. I was almost afraid to hear it again, afraid that with so much time elapsed, it wouldn't retain that power. It still gives me goosebumps.

@kimdawcatgirl 8 месяцев назад

Yes! I had just been to the Pink Floyd concert, Division Bell, and this song played on the radio! I literally forgot how great the Pink Floyd concert was!

@octoberlaylow9177 5 часов назад

my mom’s favorite album in college was fumbling through ecstasy, and when sarah did her album anniversary tour at merriweather, we went together. she is magical live. this is my favorite song on the album; there is nobody in the world with a voice like sarah mclachlan

@aaroncostello8812 4 года назад

I can't even count the number of CD copies of 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' I have bought over the last 25 years. Lost...stolen...borrowed-not-returned...sun-damaged...somebody sat on it (yep!)...scratched...cracked...stuck in CD player... It is one of the very few albums I ALWAYS replaced.

@fromthehaven94 3 года назад

"Borrowed not returned"- that's a crime.

@aaroncostello8812 3 года назад

@@fromthehaven94 Lol, can't really blame them!

@richardsmith5477 8 лет назад

Something how she took a negative situation (Stalker) and turned it into a positive ( Beautiful music), Then again that's Sarah would you expect any less?

@billb.5183 8 лет назад

I think there were actually two stalkers if I remember correctly. You only really hear about the one because he sued her over the lyrics of Possession and then committed suicide.

@richardsmith5477 8 лет назад

+Bill B. This song could be about a love lost by stalker,just plain circumstances. Heart knows no boundaries but we are bound by them

@carsilk2492 6 лет назад

Learning the backstory to this song was a major paradigm shift for me.. life is a wild ride

@erinmeddings2317 6 лет назад

I never knew the backstory either! I always assumed it was an impassioned lovers song and dedicated it to my husband 😟

@nikkisimpson7581 5 лет назад

00 00 hell yah...

@robinjackson7882 8 лет назад

I still think of the Victoria's Secret episodes of Due South. It has that lost, melancholy sound. Great music.

@jonnyfrmtheblck 3 года назад

This song is so good I need a cigarette afterwards.

@reginabarron4073 2 года назад

That's, a good comment! 😀😁😂

@kastearman 2 года назад

It’s a song written from letters from her stalker. He means quite literally to force her 🧐

@RocksterFan 2 года назад

Yes this song was written in regards to a stalker issue she had. Although a lovely song the fact remains that he would have killed her had she refused him.

@aveganeverywhere 2 года назад

@@reginabarron4073 the songs about the two people who stalk her.

@aveganeverywhere 2 года назад

More like you need to call 911 stalking is no joke.

@julieb8433 3 месяца назад

I used to date this drummer. He never heard of her so I put the CD on. Not only did he like it but he instantly recognized who the drummer is. He was a savant that way. He was right, btw. Definitely in my top 3 best albums

@tanyab1956 7 лет назад

i honestly dont care why she wrote it. This song empowered me and im thanful for the strength i harnessed from it. i listen to it whenever i need a power surge. and it does the job perfectly! 😉

@Diamonddusted68 8 лет назад

this song reminds me of the movies the Craft and Practical Magic. The female vibration of the 90s was distinct. Nothing like today.

@sbe79 8 лет назад

This song used direct phrases from her stalker's love letters. That's the point of the song. He sued her for royalties and killed himself before it went to trial. He probably couldn't stand to hear her sing the words and have it blasted around the world. This is, indeed, one of the darkest songs recorded... but not for the reason you think.

@Maialeen 7 лет назад

Looking past the theme of this song and talking strictly about this sound, I agree with the original post and it reminding of movies like The Craft and Practical Magic. In fact, this song was suggested to me by RU-vid because I was listening to Stormwinds, which is a song by Fairuza Balk who played Nancy in The Craft (btw check out that song. I had no idea until recently she did music!!). I HATE it that this kind of music has fallen out of fashion.

@tcorbett72 7 лет назад

Loreena McKennitt and The Cranberries were excellent too.

@v.s.2128 7 лет назад

tcorbett72

@culvernile2255 7 лет назад

first heard it on the season finale of due south. got me and my gal pal in the mood, and well...

@michellew3441 Год назад

I would fall asleep to this song an repeat on my cd player. I love it still to this day. This song is a vibe for sure.

@georgemelvin880 8 месяцев назад

Smiles, hi Michelle 🌺😊

@DoctorStrangeSage Год назад

As sultry as a hot bath on cold night. * Let's give credit as well to the band, backup singer, and those who made the set, and did the recording and editing. Bravo!

@thewizardofbeardtopia9755 6 лет назад

This song makes me melt.... and I'm a big bearded dude!

@holdtrue2021 5 лет назад

😂

@SUGAR_XYLER 5 лет назад

⛦ I like this song despite the singer being an old hag

@BushyHairedStranger 5 лет назад

As it should.

@DaarkDestiny 4 года назад

@@SUGAR_XYLER She's not an old hag in any way. Look up her recent photos and you'll see she's still gorgeous! Which is more than I can say for these plastic bitches that make so much noise in the media and social media!

@user-xm7pk5df4f 4 года назад

I know this song because of my dad! Hell yeah.

@DizzyJG 7 лет назад

The 247 people who gave this a thumbs down are playing this on repeat and crying alone.

@ysccl 6 лет назад

Now 480 as of 1/29/18

@blueskye9821 4 года назад

Or stalking someone...☹😯😬

@stupendoushorrendous8258 4 года назад

Damn, man, that's... That's Really harsh.

@johnIZaUWL 3 года назад

Damn I forgot just HOW F’ing BEAUTIFUL this song (still) is 💜🤘💜

@kristindelor9897 3 года назад

I love her backup singers voice. They blend together so effortlessly. I wonder who she is, if she performs on her own.

@imaluigi9708 2 года назад

I think the backup vocals are her. A separate recording of her voice played at the same time. Truly beautiful

@andrewpmale 2 года назад

That’s Camille Henderson

@harrylee4165 6 лет назад

They don't make music like this anymore. Some ethereal and magical quality that modern songs fail to capture.

@catmayr9612 7 лет назад

I miss music like this! Hauntingly beautiful

@traceler Год назад

I use to listen to her for sleeping as well as Evanescence for a good sleep and interesting dreamscape.

@bryankburrows 10 месяцев назад

I don’t have the words to how good this song and album is …

@Nat524Ricci 11 месяцев назад

Never knew the backstory to this song. Brilliant! Creepy, too!

@cruefosho 10 лет назад

coming from a metal head:-) Sarah kicks ASS!

@ckelley63 10 лет назад

I definately hear you brother!!! you can't help but like this song it's amazing!! The production is fantastic.

@xirabolt 7 лет назад

Will Moats you'd probably like the Smile Empty Soul version, too

@Dafoodmaster 7 лет назад

Using your stalker's love letters in a love song reminds me of using a picture of your bandmate's blown out brains as an album cover. Metal as fvck

@younghollywood3115 6 лет назад

same bro, I'm here after the Evans Blue cover of this song

@nikkisimpson7581 5 лет назад

\m/(>_

@MOBROOKS 6 лет назад

Whoever played and composed the Bass on this song deserves a nobel prize.

@harryprater9014 6 лет назад

Wow...you must be easily impressed....???

@davidsherrick2577 6 лет назад

Bass is nice...

@MUSTBEEHJ 6 лет назад

Yo bro, I totally agree with you. I remember this song when I use to be in middle school, and the bassline always did a number on me! Happy Thanksgiving bro!

@suzycreamcheesez4371 6 лет назад

Nobel There is no Nobel prize for music.

@avivvy1406 6 лет назад

Totally agree

@mattmichalak1831 Год назад

This song is pure, brilliant magic. No matter what is going on when i hear it, i have to stop and listen. It just encompasses so many things: power, strength, subtlety, beauty, desire, and the passions that rise to the surface when you are truly, deeply, committed (or obsessed, as it turned out) to anither person. It's gorgeous, sonic witchcraft in a way. Every part of the song wraps itself around you almost physically to make you a part of it, and its almost indescribable. I know it's about her stalker(s?) and is kind of terrifying for that, yet somehow can also be interpreted as someone with pure devotion in their heart. It really does take one's breath away.

@imaluigi9708 2 года назад

I saw Sarah at the Berkeley Greek when all of her band’s instruments got lost in transit to the show. A local music shop lent a few instruments. She, and her band, are so talented that that show remains the one which touched my soul like no other could. Literally enchanting. Just amazing. I’ll never forget the afternoon. Thank you Sarah.

@fernandogomes2472 2 года назад

What year was the concert?

@jeffcordova9633 7 лет назад

I'm glad to say I grew up in the 90's. nothing will ever come close to some of the great music that came out in that decade.

@littleboxxes 7 лет назад

word.

@congo20073 7 лет назад

90 were good but, the eighties were something else.

@stripedtigress 6 лет назад

jeff cordova Shoot check out the 80's!

@daninhsa 6 лет назад

Are you joking, obviously you've not had the foresight to listen to the music of the 60's or 70''s.

@martinvanburen9386 6 лет назад

Except for the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, the 2000s and today.

@Admiralty86 8 лет назад

I've been searching for this song all morning, The only word I could remember is "Kiss". Did you know that out of all of the "Top 100 songs from the 90's" lists that I've poured through all morning, Sarah McLachlan wasn't even listed once, WTF? I never would have found it if I hadn't suddenly remembered the rest "kiss...you so hard, i'll take your breath away". She's totally underrated. why isn't she on the top 90's song lists?

@stephenF777 8 лет назад

+Admiralty86 yeah bro she really was/is underrated in all of her songs...but if you want the best from her, listen to her album Mirror Ball...about 80% of her songs on that album are exquisite.

@Admiralty86 8 лет назад

Darkskills7 That's also how I felt about Counting Crows album "August & Everything After". 80% of it is incredible.

@williamdoyle839 8 лет назад

Believe me you couldn't go anywhere without hearing this album in 1995. Sarah had her extremely well deserved day.

@SultanSaini 8 лет назад

"kisses so hard"

@sbe79 8 лет назад

Unfortunately, her 2 biggest international hits were the somewhat forgettable "Adia" and "hear it at every funeral on the planet" song "Angel". The material before and after were superior, but did not catch the mainstream ear. Honestly, my area has a radio station that still plays "Sweet Surrender" once a day... and it didn't even crack the Top 20. I never hear the other two.

@naadiajoseph-urquhart5895 2 года назад

"Possession" Sarah McLachlan Listen as the wind blows From across the great divide Voices trapped in yearning Memories trapped in time The night is my companion And solitude my guide Would I spend forever here And not be satisfied Chorus: And I would be the one To hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd, wipe away the tears Just close your eyes dear Through this world I've stumbled So many times betrayed Trying to find an honest word To find the truth enslaved Oh you speak to me in riddles and You speak to me in rhymes My body aches to breathe your breath Your words keep me alive And I would be the one To hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd, wipe away the tears Just close your eyes, dear Into this night I wander It's morning that I dread Another day of knowing of The path I fear to tread Oh, into the sea of waking dreams I follow without pride Nothing stands between us here And I won't be denied And I would be the one To hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd, wipe away the tears Just close your eyes dear I'll hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd wipe away the tears Just close your eyes Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Sarah Mclachlan Possession lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

@TikiStanford 2 года назад

Thank you!!

@Arianna-sl2hv 8 месяцев назад

Thank You❤

@angeliajanina6017 5 месяцев назад

Thank you 🙏

@MichaelErnest666 5 месяцев назад

Thank You 🌹

@mikeroberts7921 5 месяцев назад

This song is mesmerizing. Absolutely mesmerizing!

@Scorpionwitch 8 лет назад

I know the backstory but you can make of this song what you will. My mind applies it a little differently than what it was written about. I was with a woman that was the world to me for 15 years, this speaks to me of the obsession I felt for her and how I can never let myself hold someone that deeply in my heart again.

@herrgolf 2 года назад

I can somewhat relate to this. My husband left me for another man after 12 years quite abruptly and it’s been very trying and scary for me: what will happen to me now?? So the passage “into this night I wander, it’s morning that I dread. Another day unknowing of the path I fear to tread.” There’s very subtle high pitched background vox in that passage that I wish were more prominent in the mix.

@RossBayCult 6 лет назад

This is her finest song.

@MBeczkowski Год назад

Hearing this song live in 2013 was one of the best concert experiences ever--the end lifted me out of my seat...

@Karen-ug3xq 3 месяца назад

What memories this song brings back to me! "Memories trapped in time" indeed!! I love her voice, it's hauntingly beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

@EricBlackmonGuitar 10 лет назад

Man! That is some cool music!

@angelabucci7454 5 лет назад

Love this song.

@duncan3998 3 года назад

This and Estranged are 2 masterpieces from 1993 💖💖💖

@johngrout6039 3 года назад

She even plays the organ wonderfully.

@madtheghost337 3 года назад

f' really tho

@andrewjwheelerjr275 3 года назад

The 90,,s rule period best decade of experience and being a young adult how I truly appreciated those days I f being a part of it all cheers to all of you out there keep dreaming and reaching for better ways to just enjoy life while you are young 😞😭.

@richardslanina7367 4 года назад

Something has always mesmerized me about Sarah. To this day she is as beautiful in mind, body and spiritually as any singer I've ever heard.

@jasonpeters9716 6 месяцев назад

Her stalker produced her best song by far & one my tp30 favs songs ever

@jlouis4407 6 месяцев назад

She should be stalked more often then

@timcranor2628 Месяц назад

The first "time" I felt this song I could of sworn she said "this is so hard". Sa.rah... you and your music still bring me tears... ohhh what a run we've had... ty. Again ty....

@jlouis4407 24 дня назад

Kiss you so hard

@chriscalgary5441 10 лет назад

Haunting

@danieladrian2311 10 лет назад

......then YOU get it

@ABQSentinel 10 лет назад

daniel adrian Yeah, when you know what the song is about, then the lyrics are actually pretty chilling: And I would be the one to hold you down kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after, I'd wipe away the tears Just close your eyes, dear.

@kennyp9616 10 лет назад

Good description.

@smileysaperstein2041 10 лет назад

ABQSentinel some fan of hers was obsessed with her and wrote her love letters, I think she was actually being nice to him by writing this, that's why they are the stars they are, they will do something like that but he then wanted the money for the songs, because she used words from his letters, yikes. So he kills himself in remorse for betraying something that beautiful, she writes the guy a song. Incredible story if it's true. I think the song has other meanings though, genius meanings.

@homelesshannah50 7 лет назад

Yes the story is true

@YoungoneYoung-lm4xe 2 года назад

I love the subtle side glances, it makes you feel like she's singing to just you.

@kygrl 11 месяцев назад

I literally stop listening to her when I was younger because it always made me cry. Almost all of her songs have that impact on me. Love her though and til this day I still might cry a little. ❤❤❤

@lindseyashbrook2478 4 года назад

Still get chills 1st versee.. Her music makes my soul fly.. Please come back sarah!! This song to me was becoming a stronger woman for women who have had these horrible issues with rape and such.. Love how she wrote the words the stalker wrote to her and threw it in his face in a sarah loving beautiful way!! Love this..

@noshrinkingviolet007 4 года назад

I still remember where I was when I first heard this song. I was working in a hospital that had a tv in each patient room that had music vids playing and this came on and I was mesmerized. Great tune. No one has a voice like hers.

@andrewclodfelter3782 2 года назад

This song is so genius. Listening to it growing up I always thought there was something behind the lyrics. It was written by a stalker to Sarah. The way she sings it back is kind of haunting and almost satirical. The fact he killed himself after trying to sue her makes it even more tragic/ethereal.

@AshleyPomeroy Год назад

It's really well-written. It starts off innocently enough until the chorus, which is creepy at first - it has a Taxi Driver quality - and gets more sinister every time it repeats. But the music is so defiant it comes across as a giant, sarcastic middle finger, and it has a neat tune as well. It's one of those classic "it sounds innocuous until you focus on the lyrics" songs, like Every Breath I Take or Oliver's Army.

@USHGJDS Год назад

I think she missed out on some excellent love making with this mentally ill man. 😅

@patricklyke1702 4 дня назад

I got a ticket to her 30 year anniversary tour this November in Winnipeg, this is a once in a lifetime event for me and I cannot wait to see her perform live!!!

@tonyscaminaci7959 8 месяцев назад

This was the song that led me to Sarah’s music. I became an instant fan. What an amazing artist.

@suzieddd5360 4 года назад

This whole album is just incredible..

@96Eman21 5 лет назад

Of all the songs, of all the music videos performed by #SarahMcLachlan, “Possession” always uplifts my spirits every Springtime! Specifically during my second year in high school in 1993-94, I suffered through setbacks and losses when I was at the low point of my life.

@ziweiyuan Год назад

I saw Sarah live at a small venue in late 1994, when she was touring in support of this album. At the time I hadn't heard the new record, only Vox and Solace, and that was my image of Sarah. I saw her a neo-hippie tree sprite, Well, the energy she brought when she performed "Possession" was like nothing I ever would've expected from her at the time. The song pulsed with menace and raw sexuality. Sarah sang it with her eyes closed and her body seemingly fraught with tension. It was mesmerizing. What can I say...Sarah has an amazing intensity to her when she chooses to use it, and that night she brought all of it for this song.